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The postman knocks

S. MUTHIAH

Reader K.R.A. Narasiah points out that the second James Stuart I referred to (Miscellany, November 26) was a Lieutenant General when he retired, a rank he was given a few months after he became Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army in 1801. I had sto pped at Colonel in my paragraph. Lt. Gen. James Stuart was Maj.Gen.Wellesley’s chief during the Mahratta wars. Reader Narasiah also tells me that one of the tombstones in St.Mary’s Cemetery mentions a Miss A.E. Stuart who died in 1804 when she was 33 years old. The tombstone goes on to read, “daughter of His Excellency Lieut. General James Stuart, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces.” Given the wording and the dates, she must have been the daughter of the second James Stuart, who returned to England on retirement in 1812. But Reader Narasiah insists he was “without any issue.” Now that’s a pretty conundrum for someone.

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